As Chanukah appears on the horizon, our thoughts inevitably turn to two things: gifts — and fatty foods. If you’ve distributed all the socks, dreidels and menorahs in years past and are all out of ideas, rest assured, there’s more out there.

Innovative designers are broadening and updating the ways those observing Chanukah can pay tribute to the miraculous endurance of the fabled lighting oil with chanukiah that capture the holiday spirit in a contemporary manner.